Example sentences of "[vb past] be tell this " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must know how much she hated being told this , reminded about how she was the apple of their eye , and the centre of simple boastful conversation . |
| 2 | But all Gouzenko could say about the other Elli was that he was in ‘ department five of Military intelligence ’ and had been told this by a colleague called Lubimov , or possibly Liubimov , who had worked with him in the GRU code room in Moscow . |
| 3 | She had also left some grasses free-flowing , stuck only at the bottom so they could move in the breeze , but had been told this was not strictly according to tradition . |
| 4 | All my short life I had been told this , and I had no answer to it . |
| 5 | Bernard had been told this was a confusing mixture reminiscent of the old drapers ' shops — and would never work as the products would attract different customers . |
| 6 | It was not the first time they had been told this . |